DK Calls Jasprit Bumrah A Kohinoor Diamond, Makes A Special Request For Him From Management

Managing the workload of team India’s stars, especially the fast bowlers, has always been a top priority for the team management. They ensure that key players receive adequate rest before being thrust into a demanding schedule. This approach has been particularly evident in how they’ve handled the workload of Jasprit Bumrah as the team gears up for a stretch of 10 Test matches ahead of the World Test Championship final.

After being named the Player of the Tournament in the Men’s T20 World Cup where he claimed 15 wickets, Bumrah has been granted ample rest by the team management. This includes being rested from the opening round of the upcoming Duleep Trophy, set to take place in Bengaluru and Anantapur in September.

In the meantime, former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik has praised Bumrah, compared him to a Kohinoor diamond for the team. DK emphasized the importance of protecting Bumrah and ensuring his longevity in the game.

While answering questions in a video, DK talked about the importance of Jasprit Bumrah for the Indian team when he was asked by a fan as to why Bumrah is not being made the skipper of the team despite having a cool and calm personality. DK said, “Bumrah is calm, cool, and has good maturity. But him being a fast bowler, how we can play him in all three formats? That is the biggest question selectors would have had. For a fast bowler like Bumrah, his fitness needs to be monitored and he needs to be protected as a player and only made to play in important matches.”

“I keep saying this about Bumrah, he is like a Kohinoor diamond. We have to protect him, take care of him, and make sure that he lasts as long as possible because whenever Bumrah plays in any format, he makes an impact and that’s what we want. You burden him with captaincy and if he plays a lot of series and injures himself, it becomes a massive problem.”

In regard to a question related to the Duleep Trophy, Dinesh Karthik said, “In the Duleep Trophy, two skill sets will be very, very important: fast bowlers and middle-order batters. Let’s get to fast-bowlers: Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar and then, who would be the fourth and fifth medium-pacer? Because when you play a five-match Test series, you need a big battery of fast bowlers in Australia, who are ready to play at any point in time.”

He added, “Shami, Siraj and Bumrah are locked in, but who will be the other three fast bowlers? Akash Deep, I can think of. People are talking of Mayank Yadav, but I am not sure if his body will last five days of playing cricket and he seems to be a bit injury-prone, which is similar to Khaleel Ahmed.” 

Dinesh Karthik also said that the team management will look forward to prepare off-spinners and fast bowling all-rounders for future in this Duleep Trophy. He said, “India are definitely looking for a next-gen off-spinner, as in last India ‘A’ series against England Lions, they tried three off-spinners in three matches: Pulkit Narang, Washington Sundar and Saransh Jain.”

DK further added, “They are trying out and Washington Sundar is the front-runner behind Ravichandran Ashwin right now. He’s done well in whatever limited opportunities he’s got and I feel he will get his due first before going to anybody else. Coming to fast-bowling all-rounders, we all know how hard it is to get these skills. It’s very difficult to find, not many in India. Nitish Kumar Reddy is solid and needs to grow as a cricketer. People will be looking at him, and Shivam Dube has been in the white-ball format, but I will be surprised if he will be kept for Test cricket.”

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There is no denying the fact that performance in the Duleep Trophy will play an important role in the selection of players in team India for the upcoming international tournaments.

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